Viz and Naruto top charts
Viz sends out PR trumpeting the success of their "Naruto Nation" event -- NARUTO is 1, 2 and 3 on the Bookscan GN schart:
VIZ...
Rugg and Maruca on Brother Voodoo
Proof there is a god of Comics as the Street Angel team reunites for a Brother Voodoo comic. While the LJ entry teases a...
Adrian Tomine talks and talks
In advance of the release of SHORTCOMINGS this week (release party Wednesday in Brooklyn) Adrian Tomine has several new interviews online, including this one...
Rotterdam joins DC
Quite a big hire at DC, as Steve Rotterdam is appointed Sr. VP of Sales and Marketing. Perusing the press release, Rotterdam comes more...
Sad day: Biel backs out of Wonder Woman
Sad news for Beat readers over the weekend:EW.com reported that Jessica Biel as Wonder Woman is a no-go:
EW has learned that actress Jessica Biel...
JLA movie details
Patrick over at UGO has various script leaks on the suddenly fast-tracked JLA movie:
Ever since the JLA movie was announced people have been wondering...
Naruto Report Card
ICv2 wraps up the first month of NARUTO's assault on the graphic novel sales charts:
On the eve of the release of the second three-pronged...
DEATH NOTE: The Official PR
PR:
VIZ Media, one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has licensed the Shonen Jump DEATH NOTE anime...
DC Month to Month Sales: August 2007
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
DC Comics' average numbers slightly recovered in August, thanks to continued strong sales of the "Sinestro Corps War" crossover storyline, solid first-issue...
Everybody’s Zuda-ing it
Believe it or not, we still haven't had time to read the Zuda contracts.But lots of other people have! Johanna has an excellent summary...
Salma Hayek has baby!
We almost forget that actress Salma Hayek had a baby girl last week. Congratulations! Valentina Paloma Pinault is the first child for Hayek, 41,...
To Do Tonight, WeHo: Malkasian and Hernandez at Book Soup
Cathy Malkasian (Percy Gloom) and Gilbert Hernandez appear tonight at Book Soup in West Hollywood:
WHO: Gilbert Hernandez & Cathy Malkasian
WHAT: Graphic novel signing
WHERE: Book...
